Lunch outside Valencia is not understood. Or at least it is not interpreted as we do. The esmorzaret is a weekend ritual, a meeting point, a catch-up among friends, a tribute to gastronomy and many other things that would give us enough to write a book.
The thing is that in Valencia lunch is a tradition and so you don’t have to go looking here and there where to find a good lunch, which bars make the biggest sandwiches or what sandwiches to order, we have prepared the definitive guide.
Lunch in Valencia is so popular that bars are even identified by their most popular snacks with homegrown recipes that can only be tasted if you have lunch there.
From now on this will be your lunch bible in Valencia, a tradition that celebrates its unofficial day every March 16, as part of another event of the Fallas.
Bajoqueta Bar
We already have our own sandwich per esmorzar con Déu mana. In an exclusive collaboration with Bajoqueta Bar, until June 30 you can come and try the “Valencia Secreta” sandwich, with “very local” ingredients for everyone. We reveal all the details here.
📍 Cortes Valencianas, 15.
Ca Rakel
This bar in Poblats Marítims has been awarded the prize Special Cacau d’Or 2023 according to a jury of experts for its “Almussafes” sandwich and its promotion of the lunch culture.
📍 C. del Dr. Lluch, 9.
Pastoret de Náquera in Valencia
The famous bar of the XL bcadillos, the Asador Pastoret in Náquera, has opened a new branch at the Printing Market valencia’s largest gastronomic market.
📍Mascot Street.
Alenar
Start the weekend with a gourmet snack in the center of Valencia. Alenar is a Mediterranean winery that follows to the letter the tradition of esmorzar. With its gourmet lunch menu from Monday to Saturday you can choose sandwiches such as cuttlefish, brascada or figatells, accompanied by expense, drink and coffee.
🎫 Book your gourmet lunch with sandwich, expense, drink and coffee at Alenar.📍 Carrer de Martínez Cubells, 6.
Garden Brasas
This bar has everything for a good lunch. A quiet terrace with a playground nearby if you go with children. To this we add a menu with many references, but simple: two prices depending on the size (normal or XL). A normal lunch costs less than 9 euros and includes drinks, expenses and coffee.
📍 C/ de la Vall de la Ballestera, 43.
New Oslo Bar
It was cacau D’Or award in 2022 for having one of the best bars in Valencia. It is a feast for the eyes to enter and see all the portions arranged on the counter for you to choose the combination you like the most at that moment. A new benchmark in Valencia.
📍 Carrer del Doctor Sanchis Sivera, 7.
El Pastoret Grill
For those with a bottomless stomach, there are also made-to-order snacks, such as the XXL del Pastoret. One of the bars in Valencia that serves sandwiches almost as big as your arm.
📍 Pí del Salt, 10, Naquera.
La Mesedora
The restaurant in Valencia where a robot serves you lunch. This is one of the main claims of La Mesedora it also serves great sandwiches. Undoubtedly, one of the best bars of the moment in Valencia province.
📍 Carrer Carnissers, 22, Algemesí.
La Cantina
Lunch at the ruzafa neighborhood is priceless. La Cantina de Ruzafa has become one of the best lunch bars in Valencia. From Monday to Saturday from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and the price is 7 euros.
📍 Carrer del Literat Azorín, 13.
El Trocito del Medio
Next to the Central Market we can enjoy one of the best lunches in Valencia. If your terrace is full on Saturdays and it is difficult to find space inside, there must be a reason. A classic for lunch in the center of Valencia.
📍 Carrer de Blanes, 1.
Mistela Bar
Bar Mistela is born with the soul of the bars of always, but without forgetting its present. Here homage is paid to the local produce and the Valencian orchard (only 500 meters separate it from the restaurant), but the lunchrecipes are reworked with modern proposals and different as its review of the traditional Almussafes(Topmussafes 2.0 with scrambled eggs, poached onion, ham and cheese) or one of the most demanded, the World Cup with potato omelette, sausage and allioli.
📍 c/Riu Nervión, 11.
The Institute
One of the latest discoveries in Riba-roja del Turia. The lunches here are a spectacle. And if you don’t believe us, the photo proves it.
📍 Primero de Mayo Street, 65 (Ribarroja). More Info.
Marvi
A Galician bar and Cacau d’Or 2017 award, which recognizes the best lunches in the Comunitat. 6,50 euros for a lunch, 50 cents more if you add a cremaet.
📍 Carrer dels Sants Just i Pastor, 14.
Cent Duros House
Another classic, also a Cacau d’Or 2017 award winner. It is in Borbotó, the snack costs 5 euros (4 if you order half a sandwich). Watch your cremaet.
📍 Camí de Masarrojos 10 (Borbotó).
Bar Torrent
Their tortilla sandwich with eggplant, cheese and anchovies is simple, but one of the best we’ve tasted. It is in L’Eliana.
📍 Plaza del País Valencià, L’Eliana.
La Pergola
The mythical bar of the Alameda de Valencia is also a temple of lunch. The full price is around 5 euros. Not open on Sundays.
📍 Paseo de la Alameda, 1.
Other bars
Bar Restaurant La Cooperativa ( Arxiduc Carles, 14).
La Piulà (Carrer de Borriana, 45)
Chaparral (Ctra. Barraix – Garbí, km. 2.2
Pelayo’s Trinquet (Carrer de Pelai, 6)
Bar Ca Susito (C. Marines, 36, Vilamarxant)
Nou Racó de la Taronja (C. Moncada, 46119 Náquera)
La Fragua Gastrotime (Plz Manuel Granero 9)
Cremaet Bar(Avinguda del Port, 20)
El Baret de Javi (Plaça de Rojas Clemente, 1A)
Los Gómez Tavern (Carrer de Correus, 10)
La Bicicleta de Náquera ( Aragón Street, 1)
Bar Anem Anant ( Carrer Jose María Haro, 19)
Bar La Utielana (Plaza Picadero de Dos Aguas, 3)
La Taula de Xuan ( Carrer del Dr. Álvaro López, 41)
Taberna Valear (Carrer de Cirilo Amorós, 82)
Rojas Clemente Bar-Restaurant (Rojas Clemente Market)
Cristóbal Bar (Av. de Jesús Morante Borrás, 144)
La Bodeguita de Juancar (Carrer de Sant Clement, 8)
Bar Mercat (Algirós Market, Valencia)
La Peseta (Carrer del Crist del Grau, 16)
Central Bar (Valencia Central Market)
Bar Avenida (Avinguda de les Balears, 31)
Jimmy Bar (Av. del Camí Nou, 252A, Xirivella)
Los Arcos (Road CV-310, km. 6, Bétera)
Polígono VII Restaurant (Carrer de Massanassa, Silla)
Cassalla (Calle del Buen Orden, 19)
Casa Baldo (Carrer de Ribera, 5)
Types of snacks
Some snacks are codenamed. Or almost. These are some of the best, although you can always make your own combination with the ingredients you like best.
- Brascada: fried onion, grilled veal fillet and, sometimes, a few slices of hot serrano ham on top.
- Chivito: grilled sirloin steak, bacon, cheese, tomato, lettuce, egg and a little mayonnaise
- Almussafes: Pork sobrassada, caramelized fried onion and melted cheese.
- Blanc i negre: blood sausage, two sausages and, sometimes, beans.
- Figatells: Meat balls made from lean meat and liver. Pine nuts and parsley are added.
Map of the esmorzaret from the hand of an expert
One of those conversations that awakens the hunger with @esmorzaret the account that combines picaeta and brascada with the “Valencia” filter.
He has also recently drawn up a map of the best lunches in Valencia with his personal recommendations.
🗺️ Access to the map of the esmorzaret